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2013 Chevrolet Suburban 4WD ½ Ton LTZ Review By Michael Bernstein

2013 Chevrolet Suburban 4WD ½ Ton LTZ Review By Michael Bernstein

MORE INFO Chevrolet Specs, Prices, Reviews and Comparisons - Chevrolet Buyers Guide (1997-Present) Find Your Perfect New Car Match MARVEL AT CHEVY’S VERSION OF THE HULK By Michael Bernstein Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Is bigger really better, does size truly matter, regardless of the clichés the long and t ... Continue reading

2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Review By Carey Russ

2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Review By Carey Russ

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Affordable sports and sporty coupes seem to come into and go out of fashion cyclicly. The late 80s were a time of plenty; by the mid-90s most were extinct. Fashion, the economy, demographics… but that's a subject for some other day. Today's ... Continue reading

DAF Launches New PACCAR MX-11 Euro 6 Engine

DAF Launches New PACCAR MX-11 Euro 6 Engine

DAF Trucks launched the new PACCAR MX-11 Euro 6 engine in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The MX-11 engine will be available in DAF;s Euro 6 CF and XF vehicles and is scheduled to begin European production in the fall of 2013. It is planned for the PACCAR MX-11 engine to be available in Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks in 201 ... Continue reading

Magneti-Marelli Partners With Schmidt-Peterson-Motorsports in IZOD IndyCar Series

Magneti-Marelli Partners With Schmidt-Peterson-Motorsports in IZOD IndyCar Series

Magneti Marelli, a global automotive systems and component supplier, has chosen Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (SPM) as its sponsorship visibility vehicle in the IZOD IndyCar Series for the 2013 season. Magneti Marelli Motorsport division is supplying fuel system components and technology to several IZOD IndyCar Series t ... Continue reading

GM Foundation to be Lead Sponsor of NBC News 'Education Nation Detroit'

GM Foundation to be Lead Sponsor of NBC News 'Education Nation Detroit'

“ To underscore its commitment to improving education in America, the General Motors Foundation will be a lead sponsor of the Detroit stop of the NBC News' 'Education Nation On-The-Road' that begins March 22. The NBC News team will gather educators, community leaders and students at the Charles H. Wright Museum of A ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Global Market for Emission Control Catalysts: National and Regional Regulations Drive the Global Market

Research and Markets: Global Market for Emission Control Catalysts: National and Regional Regulations Drive the Global Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of a new report "Global Market for Emission Control Catalysts: National and Regional Regulations Drive the Global Market" to their offering. 'Global Market for Emission Control Catalysts: National and Regional Regulations Drive the Global Market' This research service i ... Continue reading

Cadillac 'CUEs' up Tablet-like Customization

Cadillac 'CUEs' up Tablet-like Customization

“ Like many of today's smart phones and tablets, a deep dive into Cadillac's CUE in-vehicle user experience reveals customized conveniences and advanced features that enable user-created shortcuts to their favorite infotainment features. ... Continue reading

GM to Live Stream Three Events from New York Auto Show

GM to Live Stream Three Events from New York Auto Show

“ General Motors will live stream three events from the New York Auto Show next week “ one each for Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet. Links are below. Tuesday, March 26 2014 Buick LaCrosse, Regal and Regal GS Revealed Live from New York Program begins at 11:30 a.m. EDT Duration of streaming: 30 mins ... Continue reading

Cadillac Twin-Turbo Debuts in All-New 2014 CTS Sedan

Cadillac Twin-Turbo Debuts in All-New 2014 CTS Sedan

420 horsepower (313 kW) / 430 lb-ft of torque (583 Nm) – SAE certified Most power-dense six-cylinder in segment at 118 hp/liter Cadillac’s first twin-turbo engine and eight-speed automatic transmission DETROIT – Cadillac today announced details of a new Twin-Turbo V-6 engine and eight-speed transmission ... Continue reading

Shelby American Brings World's Most Powerful Street Production Muscle Car Back to the New York Auto Show

Shelby American Brings World's Most Powerful Street Production Muscle Car Back to the New York Auto Show

Shelby American, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carroll Shelby International Inc., will introduce the 2013 version of the most powerful production, street legal muscle car in the world on March 28, 2013, at the New York International Auto Show. The company will have on display its 2013 Shelby 1000 S/C version with 1,200 ... Continue reading

Chrysler Brand Launches 'Unboxing' for the New Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition

Chrysler Brand Launches 'Unboxing' for the New Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition

World-renowned fashion designer and Detroit native John Varvatos featured in Chrysler brand's new advertising campaign 'Unboxing' showcases the new 2013 Chrysler 300C John Varvatos Limited Edition arriving in dealerships this spring Spot showcases collaboration between the Chrysler brand and John Varvatos' signature de ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Teases 2014 Camaro SS

Chevrolet Teases 2014 Camaro SS

DETROIT €“ The redesigned 2014 Camaro SS will debut at the New York International Auto Show on Wednesday, March 27 at 12:45 p.m., EDT. The 2014 model represents the most significant change for the fifth-generation Camaro, which has been the most popular sports car in America for three consecutive years. The new Camar ... Continue reading

SaviCorp Announces Price Adjustments as Company Drives to Expand Sales of The DynoValve Locally & Nationally

SaviCorp Announces Price Adjustments as Company Drives to Expand Sales of The DynoValve Locally & Nationally

SaviCorp In an effort to help consumers on the price-point of SaviCorp's flagship, the DynoValve, company President Victor Chu announced an immediate price adjustment. "With gasoline prices over $4.00 a gallon and higher is some parts of the country, drivers continue to feel the impact of fuel costs at home. Commercial ... Continue reading

New Original Animation Movie Project Announced: TOYOTA x STUDIO4C's "PES (Peace Eco Smile)" Participates in Tokyo International Anime Fair 2013

New Original Animation Movie Project Announced: TOYOTA x STUDIO4C's "PES (Peace Eco Smile)" Participates in Tokyo International Anime Fair 2013

Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing (TMSM) is exhibiting PES (Peace Eco Smile), an original animation project undertaken jointly with Studio4C, at "Tokyo International Anime Fair 2013" (TAF), held from March 21 to 24, 2013, at Tokyo Big Sight. In 2013, TMSM started a new collaboration project, "NEXT GENERATION - PES - CROSS ... Continue reading

Myers Industries Named One of America's Most Trustworthy Companies 2013 by Forbes

Myers Industries Named One of America's Most Trustworthy Companies 2013 by Forbes

For the second year in a row, Myers Industries, Inc. has been named one of America's 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in an annual survey commissioned by Forbes. 'Myers Industries is honored to be recognized again this year for our consistent and honest reporting and governance practices' To determine the yearly rankin ... Continue reading

10 Best Car Deals Of The Month From KBB.com

10 Best Car Deals Of The Month From KBB.com

Car shoppers can learn of 10 very affordable opportunities to purchase a new car with both no money down and monthly payments of less than $300 in the latest 10 Best Car Deals list from Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new and used car information.‚ This month's list of new-car deals -- hand-picke ... Continue reading

Continental Webcast Presentation from the Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference Now Available for On-demand Viewing

Continental Webcast Presentation from the Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference Now Available for On-demand Viewing

Continental , one of the leading automotive suppliers, today announced that their March 19th Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference presentation is now available for on-demand viewing. ... Continue reading

Ford Cuts Global Water Use 8.5 Percent per Vehicle from 2011 to 2012; Total Usage Down 62 Percent Since 2000

Ford Cuts Global Water Use 8.5 Percent per Vehicle from 2011 to 2012; Total Usage Down 62 Percent Since 2000

In late 2011, Ford announced its global water use reduction strategy would decrease the average amount of water used to make each vehicle by 30 percent between 2009 and 2015; water use already has been cut by 25 percent per vehicle since 2009 Since 2000, Ford has decreased its total water use globally from 64 million c ... Continue reading

Honda Racing Global Update

Honda Racing Global Update

Civic Targets World Championship Honours - Franchitti Wants His IndyCar Crown Back - Yet More Sebring Success for HPD CIVIC TARGETS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HONOURS Honda kicks off its first-ever attack on the FIA World Touring Car Championship at the famous Monza circuit on Sunday (24 March). A two-pronged team of Civic WTC ... Continue reading

Toyota Dealer to Pay $15.7 Million in Damages to Car Accident Victims Represented by Duffy + Partners, Others

Toyota Dealer to Pay $15.7 Million in Damages to Car Accident Victims Represented by Duffy + Partners, Others

After five weeks in trial and just over five years to the day after an accident that stripped a Philadelphia doctor of the use of her left arm and her medical practice, a Philadelphia jury awarded $11.4 million to Noreen Lewis and $4.3 million to occupants of the rental car she was driving. Defendant Central City Toyot ... Continue reading

2013 Kia Optima Hybrid

2013 Kia Optima Hybrid

Since its debut, the Optima mid-size sedan has garnered awards and accolades for Kia Motors America (KMA) in recognition of its design, performance and value. In 2011, the Optima Hybrid introduced a new level of efficiency to the brand's most popular name plate. Now, KMA is pleased to announce the arrival of its update ... Continue reading

SKF received the 2012 Supplier of the Year award from General Motors for the third consecutive year

SKF received the 2012 Supplier of the Year award from General Motors for the third consecutive year

SKF Sealing Solutions Korea Co., Ltd. has received the prestigious GM Supplier of the Year award for the third consecutive year. "SKF Sealing Solutions Korea Co., Ltd helped play a critical role in GM's success in 2012 through their dedication and commitment to consistently exceed our expectations by being innovative, ... Continue reading

The New 2014 Dodge Durango Brings Technology and Style to the New York International Auto Show

The New 2014 Dodge Durango Brings Technology and Style to the New York International Auto Show

Dodge Durango, the ultimate 'no compromise' three-row SUV, is about to get even better. Built on the Dodge brand's pillars of style, performance and innovation, the new 2014 Dodge Durango will deliver state-of-the-art technology in both form and function. Building upon its Best-in-Class attributes, Durango adds several ... Continue reading

First Ever Belgian Crew To Win The Classic Poppy Regularity Rally

First Ever Belgian Crew To Win The Classic Poppy Regularity Rally

The third Poppy Regularity Rally in Ypres, Belgium, was won for the first time by a Belgian crew who came in first over 60 classic cars. The event was organised by the Classic Rally Association (CRA) during the weekend of March 15-17th. ... Continue reading

Marking World Water Day 2013: Land Rover Highlights Life Saving Water And Sanitation Projects In Uganda

Marking World Water Day 2013: Land Rover Highlights Life Saving Water And Sanitation Projects In Uganda

In February 2012, the one millionth Land Rover Discovery built at the iconic Solihull factory in Birmingham, UK, set out on the most ambitious fundraising project the all-terrain vehicle manufacturer had ever undertaken ... Continue reading

Audi Gets To Grips With Its Five Millionth Quattro Model

Audi Gets To Grips With Its Five Millionth Quattro Model

Audi has just proved that there really is safety in numbers by producing its five millionth quattro all-wheel-drive-equipped model - an A6 allroad. ... Continue reading

Budget Extends Tax-Appeal Of Vauxhall Ampera

Budget Extends Tax-Appeal Of Vauxhall Ampera

Vauxhall welcomed the announcement in the Budget that Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEVs) with 0-50g/km CO2 emissions, such as its revolutionary Ampera, will remain at five per cent Benefit-in-Kind (BiK) in 2015-16 tax year, rising to seven per cent in 2016-17 tax year. ... Continue reading

Mazda6 Wins 'Best Upper Medium' accolade At Fleet News Awards

Mazda6 Wins 'Best Upper Medium' accolade At Fleet News Awards

The all-new Mazda6 has been named by fleet motor industry experts as car of choice in the upper-medium category, fighting off tough competition from brands such as VW, Ford, Hyundai and Vauxhall ... Continue reading

MINI ups the Pace with the JCW Paceman

MINI ups the Pace with the JCW Paceman

MINI Australia today announced pricing details for its high performance addition to the newly launched MINI Paceman range, the MINI John Cooper Works Paceman, which will be livening up Australian showrooms from May. ... Continue reading

Audi Launches its Fastest-Ever Production Car in Australia

Audi Launches its Fastest-Ever Production Car in Australia

The new R8 is the fastest production car Audi has ever launched, and it has arrived in Australia. ... Continue reading

SuperCoach Relaunches with Nissan

SuperCoach Relaunches with Nissan

News Limited today announced Nissan as the naming rights partner for SuperCoach. ... Continue reading

The BMW Group is Boosting its Research Expertise in Asia

The BMW Group is Boosting its Research Expertise in Asia

The BMW Group is extending its international research and development network with the opening of a new powerhouse for ideas in China. ... Continue reading

Autobytel Named a Finalist for DrivingSales Most Valuable Insight Award

Autobytel Named a Finalist for DrivingSales Most Valuable Insight Award

Autobytel Inc. has been selected as a finalist for the 2013 DrivingSales Most Valuable Insight Award, which was created to foster the spirit of progress and thought leadership in the auto industry. Autobytel's “Capitalizing on Changes in Online Shopping Behaviors" was selected from a competitive field of submissions, ... Continue reading

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations Announces New Head of Marketing, Commercial Tire Division

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations Announces New Head of Marketing, Commercial Tire Division

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) today announced a new vice president of marketing for its commercial tire division, effective March 1, 2013. Matthew Stevenson has been named Vice President, Commercial Tire Division, BATO. Stevenson has an extensive background in marketing for commercial vehicle and componen ... Continue reading

Kia Motors America And LPGA Star Michelle Wie Donate New Car To Camp Pendleton's Armed Services YMCA Operation Hero Program

Kia Motors America And LPGA Star Michelle Wie Donate New Car To Camp Pendleton's Armed Services YMCA Operation Hero Program

On the eve of the fourth annual Kia Classic Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament at Aviara Golf Club, located at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Kia Motors America (KMA) and Kia's official golf ambassador -- two-time LPGA winner Michelle Wie -- paired up today to donate a new 2014 Sorento CUV to Operati ... Continue reading

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